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The poet Emily Dickenson once said that ” Hope’ is the thing with feathers-‘
When you close your eyes can you see hope?
If you can visualise it, what does it look most like?
Or is hope more of a feeling for you?
Are you feeling more hopeful now?
What are you most looking forward to?
Who are you really looking forward to seeing or visiting?
Where or what can’t you just not wait to go to?
And because you’ve all been so amazing we have an extra song for you this month! (February 2021)It’s:
Lyrics
Fighting My Wy Back
Song by Thin Lizzy. Songwriter, Philip (Phil) Parris Lynott,
Fighting
Fighting
Well, I’m tough, rough, ready and I’m able
To pick myself up from under this table
Don’t just stick no sign on me, I got no label
I’m a little sick, unsure, unsound and unstable
But, I’m fighting my way back
Fighting my way back
Fighting
Well, I’m busting out and I’m going in
And I’m kickin’ up about the state I’m in
Looking to my future, not my past
I want to be a good boy, but how long can it last?
Fighting my way back
I’m fighting my way back
Fighting
Fighting my way back
Fighting my way back
Fighting
This kid is going to wreck and ruin
And he ain’t quite sure of what he’s doing
You see it all a little too soon
But it’s all here in this here tune
Fighting my way back
Fighting my way back
Fighting my way back
Fighting
Fighting my way back
Well, I’m busting out and I’m goin’ in
And I’m kicking up about the state I’m in
‘Cos I’m tough, rough, ready and I’m able
To pick myself up from under this table
Fighting my way back
Fighting my way back
Fighting
I’ll Follow the Sun
Song by The Beatles. Songwriters John Winston Lennon and Paul James Mccartney.
One day, you’ll look
To see I’ve gone
For tomorrow may rain, so
I’ll follow the sun
Some day, you’ll know
I was the one
But tomorrow may rain, so
I’ll follow the sun
And now the time has come
And so, my love, I must go
And though I lose a friend
In the end you will know
Oh-oh-oh
One day, you’ll find
That I have gone
But tomorrow may rain, so
I’ll follow the sun
Yeah, tomorrow may rain, so
I’ll follow the sun
And now the time has come
And so, my love, I must go
And though I lose a friend
In the end, you will know
Oh-oh-oh
One day. you’ll find
That I have gone
But tomorrow may rain, so
I’ll follow the sun
Happy
Song by Pharrell Williams. Songwriter Pharrell L Williams
It might seem crazy what I am ’bout to say
Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break
I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don’t care, baby by the way
Huh (Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
Here come bad news talking this and that (Yeah)
Well give me all you got, don’t hold back (Yeah)
Well I should probably warn you I’ll be just fine (Yeah)
No offence to you don’t waste your time
Here’s why
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
Uh, bring me down
Can’t nothing, bring me down
My level’s too high to bring me down
Can’t nothing, bring me down, I said
Bring me down, can’t nothing
Bring me down
My level’s too high to bring me down
Can’t nothing, bring me down, I said
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
Uh, bring me down (Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Can’t nothing (Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Bring me down, my level’s too high
To bring me down (Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Can’t nothing (Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Bring me down, I said
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you (ayy, ayy, ayy)
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you (hey)
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do
Come on
High Hopes
Sung as gaeilge by Coláiste Lurgan, Gaillimh. Song by Panic! At The Disco. Songwriters: Brendon Boyd Urie / Ilsey Anna Juber / Jake Sinclair / Jenny Owen Youngs / Jonas Jeberg / Lauren Pritchard / Samuel Hollander / Tayla Parx / William Ernest Lobban-Bean
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn’t make a killing
Didn’t have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn’t know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes
Mama said
Fulfill the prophecy
Be something greater
Go make a legacy
Manifest destiny
Back in the days
We wanted everything, wanted everything
Mama said
Burn your biographies
Rewrite your history
Light up your wildest dreams
Museum victories, everyday
We wanted everything, wanted everything
Mama said don’t give up, it’s a little complicated
All tied up, no more love and I’d hate to see you waiting
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn’t make a killing
Didn’t have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn’t know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)
Mama said
It’s uphill for oddities
Stranger crusaders
Ain’t ever wannabes
The weird and the novelties
Don’t ever change
We wanted everything, wanted everything
Stay up on that rise
Stay up on that rise and never come down, oh
Stay up on that rise
Stay up on that rise and never come down
Mama said don’t give up, it’s a little complicated
All tied up, no more love and I’d hate to see you waiting
They say it’s all been done but they haven’t seen the best of me
So I got one more run and it’s gonna be a sight to see
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn’t make a killing
Didn’t have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn’t know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn’t make a killing
Didn’t have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn’t know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes (high, high hopes)
All the lies that you told me.
Singer: Sharyn Ward
Songwriter: Christie Hennessy
All the lies that you told me
All the tears that I’ve cried
All the loving you gave me
It was a lie
I could never imagine
When I felt so high
That there could be somebody new
Better than you in my life
When I woke up this morning
With tears in my eyes
I never felt more like
Saying goodbye
I could never imagine
When I felt so high
That there could be somebody new
Better than you in my life
Am I just fooling myself?
Could there be somebody else?
Could there be somebody new
Waiting around the corner?
Yes, there is, waiting for you
Waiting for someone like you
All the nights that you told me
All your loving was mine
And I wanted to listen
To all of your lies
I could never imagine
When I felt so high
That there could be somebody new
Better than you in my life
Am I just fooling myself?
Could there be somebody else?
Could there be somebody new
Waiting around the corner?
Yes, there is, waiting for you
Waiting for someone like you
All the nights that you told me
All your loving was mine
Now there could be somebody new
Better than you in my life
Fight Song
Song by Rachel Platten
Songwriters: Dave Bassett / Rachel Platten
Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion
And all those things I didn’t say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I’m alright song
My power’s turned on
Starting right now I’ll be strong
I’ll play my fight song
And I don’t really care if nobody else believes
‘Cause I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me
Losing friends and I’m chasing sleep
Everybody’s worried about me
In too deep
Say I’m in too deep (in too deep)
And it’s been two years I miss my home
But there’s a fire burning in my bones
Still believe
Yeah, I still believe
And all those things I didn’t say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I’m alright song
My power’s turned on
Starting right now I’ll be strong
I’ll play my fight song
And I don’t really care if nobody else believes
‘Cause I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me
A lot of fight left in me
Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I’m alright song
My power’s turned on
Starting right now I’ll be strong (I’ll be strong)
I’ll play my fight song
And I don’t really care if nobody else believes
‘Cause I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me
Know I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me